There is NO question in my mind from watching him closely over the years that Michael Turner has lost a step and no longer has the fire. Gonzalez is gone. They will play a tougher schedule. They will regress. Not worried.

Atlanta has a good team, I hate to say it also. They have strong players, they are just not good enough.

They may have individual talent, but they have nothing that holds them together as a team or any leadership. All that rah-rah, cheerleading BS you hear out of Matt Ryan is 'false motivation'.

Baltimore has Ray Lewis, you can even argue for Joe Flacco who has (1) playoff win in each of his five years in the league and now he's taken his team to the SB. You don't hear any stupid, motivational quotes from him.

New York has Eli, Denver has Payton, Packers have Rodgers, Patriots/Brady, Saints/Brees, Redskins/RGIII ... all successful teams have something Atlanta does not, an inspirational leader that can rally the team when the going gets tough.